Neuroscience & Learning related to Reading:

Created by: Tanya Scott, Michelle Simon, Jessica Moreau

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Learner:

Max has difficulty with reading in the areas of decoding and fluency.

Tools:

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Websites/ Online Resources:


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Microsoft Word Features:

  • Readability Statistics can be used as a teacher tool for this student to assess the readability of online material. This student will benefit from high interest but low readability materials so that he does not lose interest in reading.
  • Text to Speech feature for word processing and internet

Connections to Neuroscience Research

  • Joyful learning
  • Reducing stressful learning by using errorless teaching
  • Increasing strong, positive emotions increases the brains ability to learn and retain information
  • Errorless learning decreases chronic stress during learning
  • Differential teaching strategies for students with different learning styles